A supermajority of game developers behind the popular digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena has announced their intent to form a union with CWA, also marking the first unionization effort at Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast.
  • MysticKetchup@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10 hours

    As great news that this is, pretty fucked up that all of their very reasonable demands have to actually be negotiated for and aren’t just basic rights for workers

    • Kirp123@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      That’s what you get when unions aren’t a major player in your country.

      In Denmark for example the government doesn’t even pass laws for stuff like minimum wage or working conditions. Everything is based on collective agreements between unions and employer associations. That’s how Denmark has pretty high minimum wage, 5 weeks guaranteed vacation per year, maternity leave, paid sick leave and other benefits. And these benefits can’t be taken away if some party that’s hostile to workers get elected.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2 hours

        Out of curiosity, what’s stopping someone from starting a company that hires non-union labour for cheaper than the collective agreement? Or is it mandated by law that everyone must be part of a union?

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12 hours

    Inb4 Hasbro lays off an entire division to avoid acknowledging the union.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      12 hours

      I know you’re just being cheeky, but union busting like this is extremely uncommon. Under current NLRB rules, it would quickly be ruled a ULP and would cause their union to be immediately recognized

        • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          11 hours

          Yes. It will move slower because of funding and staffing cuts, but it will still pretty quick given the situation. Joy Silk was resurrected in a ruling in 2023, and has been the guiding principle of union elections since then

          • theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7 hours

            The majority of his presidency he’s kept them with too few members to have a quorum and therefore unable to do much of anything.

            Last I’d heard, Trump was officially allowed to dismiss members of the NLRB at will. His administration is basically the definition of corruption and regulatory capture.

            Don’t get me wrong - I’d be happy to see things go well for unions but I have zero faith in anything good happening. Shit is so fucked I’m legitimately worried about any legal challenges to anything because we might get another Roe v. Wade.

            • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              7 hours

              While that is a valid concern, most rulings don’t require a quorum. Most rulings are handled at the regional level. I’m intimately familiar with this situation, I have an ongoing ULP for discrimination